Dennis Hof

Dennis Hof (14 October 1946-16 October 2018) was an American brothel owner, entrepreneur, restauranteur, and reality television show star. Born in Phoenix, Arizona in 1946, he owned gas stations in Arizona and Nevada before becoming the owner of seven legal brothels in Nevada. Several of his brothels were near Carson City, and the basketball player Lamar Odom had a near-fatal overdose in one of his brothels. Hof was a longtime Republican supporter, supporting Ron Paul in the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections. He briefly became a member of the Libertarian Party in 2015, but he became a "Trump Republican" in December 2016, and he ran for the state legislature in 2016 and 2018. He died in his sleep on 16 October 2018 while still running for the Nevada Assembly.